Painting apparatus



No. 626,750. Patented lune l3, I899.

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PAINTING APPARATUS.

(Application filed Sept. 2'1, 1897.)

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CLARENCE W. CARTER, OF HOWARD LAKE, MINNESOTA.

PAINTING APeAnATus.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 626,750, dated June 13,1899.- Applioatiou filed September 27, 1897. Serial No. 653,193- (Nomodel.)

To (tZZ whom, it may concern.- Be it known that I, CLARENCE W. CARTER,

' a citizen of the United States, residing at Howard Lake, in the countyof Wright and State of Minnesota, have invented'a certain new andImproved Painting Apparatus, of which the following is a specification.

The primary object of myinvention is to provide a cheap, simple, anddurable apparatus for spreading paint or varnish which shall enable theoperator to cover surface with greater rapidity than with the pail andhandbrush now commonly used.

A further object is to enable the operator to spread as thin a coat asdesired and to spread a thick coat without spilling or wasting thepaint.

Myinvention consists, essentially, of a tankor reservoir, tube, andbrush, and will be more readily understood by reference to theaccompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification.

Figure 1 shows the reservoir and brush in section and the'pressure-bulbin elevation.

Fig. 2 is a reduced side elevation of the-reservoir, showing the strapsfor fastening same on the back of the operator.

The reservoir A, which is preferably carried upon the back of theoperator, is fitted with the air-tight cap 0. The air-pump D is attachedto the flexible tube E, which leads from the top of the reservoir overthe shoulders, placing the air-pump in a position easily reached byeither hand when the apparatus is in position on the back. The valve Fis of an ordinary type suitable to retaining pressure in the reservoir.

The flexible tube G leads from the bottom of the reservoir around to theshut-oil valve II, which comes in front of the operator when theapparatus is in position on the back, and then to the metal tube I inthe handle of the brush J. The tube I is held inposition by the nut N atone end and the hollow cross-bar K at the other. Attached to thecross-bar are one or more flexible tubes M-M, which terminate among thebristles of the brush.

To operate the apparatus,the reservoir A is partly filled with the.paint or varnish to be used, and the cap C is screwed on tightly, so asnot to leak air. The apparatus is then swung upon the back by means ofthe straps B B," Fig. 2, and sufficient air-pressure is pumped into thereservoir by means of the air pump orbulb D-to readily force the paintthrough the tube Ginto the brush. The operator then brushes the paintonto the surface to becovered.

The shut-off valve is used when the operator stops work or in case thepaint is flowing It will readily be understood that the reservoir can behung higher than the point where the work is being done, causing thepaint to flow through the tube and into the brush by the force ofgravity instead of by air-pressure, as I have shown in the drawings.

It will be further understood that the apparatus need not be swung uponthe back of the operator, but may beset upon the scatfold or hung uponthe ladder by means of the hook 0, Fig. 1.

Having described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure byLetters Patent- A painting apparatus, comprising a'reservoir A having atube G connected to its lower portion, a brush having a tube I extendingthrough its'handle and connected to said tube G, a hollow cross-head Kconnected to said tube I, flexible tubes M extending from saidcross-head and terminating among the bristles of the brush, avaive F inthe upper part of said reservoir, an air-pump connected to said valveand a valve II in said tube G, substantially as described.

CLARENCE N. CARTER.

Witnesses:

O. S. TALBERT, A. F. KING.

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